Whither the Taxpayers Party?

A handful of folks have asked for a determination on whether Carl Paladino managed to attract 50,000 on his Taxpayers line, a threshold that would put it on the ballot for the next four years.

Here’s what’s posted on the party’s website:

It is still unclear if Carl Paladino got 50,000 votes on the Taxpayers Line. Carl, and many other Taxpayers candidates such as Joe DioGuardi, and Leonard Roberto did not win, we do have some good news to report. Patricia A. Ritchie won her senate seat, Nicole Malliotakis, Steven McLaughlin, and John Ceretto won their Assembly seats. Robert Castelli appears to be a winner, but there is no final count at this moment. Keep checking back and we will keep you updated on the future of the Taxpayers Party Line, and it’s elected representatives.

John Conklin of the state Board of Elections said that officials were still dealing with the primary job of taking in results from all districts before moving on to the secondary task of providing the numbers for the individual ballot lines. Both Andrew Cuomo and Paladino ran on three separate lines.

Conklin said unofficial results with ballot-line breakdowns would likely be released before the final numbers are certified, though when that might come is still undetermined.